Loop slide buckle



July 26, 1932. J, sALlsBURY 1,868,672

- I LOOP SLIDE BUCKLE Filed July 26, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l JEEELJFEALISBLIFKY gem July 26, 1932. J SAUSBURY 1,868,672

LOOP SLIDE BUCKLE Filed July 26, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JE SEMI:EALIEBURy 'A'r-ry Patented July 26, 1932 TE we:om r

il'ESSUP SALISBURY, or HAMDEN, connnorrou'r, AssrGNoR roirnn'nntn tionnnu(.iiiIZIi;

ooMrAnY, or WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A conronarrron on CONNECTICUT I 1The objects of the invention are to provide Loon sLIn'n 'BuoKLii 3Application filed July 26,

adj ustably mounted upon a strap, the button loopbeing suspended fromthe slide buckle for a connective engagement with a button provided by agarment thus supported by the strap.

an adjustable strap mounting combining a button loop and a slide bucklein which combination a downward pulling strain upon the button looptightens the grip of the slide buckle upon the strap upon which thevdevice is adjustably mounted; to provide relatively superimposed andpivotally assembled buckle frame members the side bars of which aremembers while relatively secured byfthe looped engagements of the buttonloop; and.

relatively secured by looped engagements of the button loop; toprovideoone of the buckle frame members with means for the substantialrelative pivotal movement of the frame to provide the gripping portionsof the buckle frame members with a strap holding meansaugmenting thegrip of the members." :With these and other objects in View theinvention consists in the novel constructions, to

be hereinafter described or claimed, for

carrying out the above stated objects and such other objects ashereinafter may be made to appear- I The applicant is aware thatrelatively superimposed and pivotally assembled buckle frame membersinto which astrap is threaded is old in the art, but the novelty ofthisinvention consists in the peculiar formation of the buckle frame membersand the relative securement of the' side bars of both frame members bylooped extremities. of a third. member cooperating in one positionwiththe 7 formation of the frame members to permit a substantialrelative pivotal'movement of the rame members and, in another position,

to maintain the fra'me'members in relatively gripping positions. For aclear understanding of the character of the invention, reference is madeto'one illustrative device-embodying the novel 5 features hereindisclosed and illustrated by the accompanying draw ings in which theFigure l is an upright ele- I ration of the device illustrating theframe members in relative-gripping positions and 1 the; buttonloopmember in a contracted condition; in Figure 2 is a side elevation ofthe device as illustrated in theprevious figure; the Figure 3 is anelevation similar to that of the first figure; excepting that therelative positions of thebuckle and button loop 'merne bers is such asto permita substantial relative-'- pivotal movement ofthe frame members,the button loop being illustrated'in an expanded of a flattened barportion of the frame member upon the line. 5 5..of the third figure, theFigures 6 and 7 are uprightand side ele vations on the :part 1; theFigures 8 and 9 are upright and side elevations ofthe part8 ;-andtheFigures 10 and 11 are upright and side el'evations of the part 16';-theFigures 12 and 13 being upright and side elevations ofa modified-form ofthe devicein iwhichsa sliding intermediate bar is substituted forthe-button loop member.

The device as lllustratedismade three 1 pieces ofwire, oneof whichisbentto' form' the slide buckle frame member 1 illustrated by the FiguresSand 7 of substantially rectangular from having the upper and lowerbars2 and 3; respectively, and the side bars 4 and 5 both of'whic'h havetheir upperportions bent backwardly out ofthe general plane ofthe frame1, and then gradu'ally'returnedto said plane, the bendthus-providing therearwardly extending bent wire portions 6, the lower portions of thebars ll and '5ibeing off-settinwardlyin the plane, of the frame'member 1to then be bent at-right angles to form theslightly shorter lower bar3;a'substantial por tion of which-is flattenedin the/plane .ofe'the eframe 1 andprovidedwith the inwardly directed teeth 7' formedv out: ofthe vflattened metal'as illustrated by the figure 5. y The sec ond pieceof wire is bent toform the U-shaped frame member: 8 illustrated by-theFigures S and 9 having the sidebars 9 and 10ncon-' necte'd by the bar 11asub stantial portionqof which is flattened in the plane of the framemember 8 and provided with inwardly directed teeth 7 as illustrated bythe Figure 3, the bar 11 being normally superimposed by the lower bar 3of the frame member 1 as illustrated by the Figure 1. The extreme lowerpart of each pair of the side bars at and 5, and each pair of the sidebars 9 and 10, are slightly bent relatively inward to compel the toothedbars 3 and 11 to engage one another while an intermediate portion ofeach of the side bars of one member is provided with the section 12thereof which is divergent to an intermediate section 13 of the adjacentside bar of the other frame member. The frame member 8 is also providedwith the looped extremities 14 and 15, respectively, for pivotalmounting upon the upper bar 2 of the frame member 1 so that the lowerportions of the side bars 9 and 10 and the connecting bar 11 aresuperimposed by the lower portions of the side bars 1 and 5 and thelower bar 3 of the frame member 1, as illustrated by the Figure 1. Thethird piece of wire is bent to form the button loop member 16illustrated by the Figures 10 and 11 having the axially associatedbutton receiving loop 17 and the buttonretaining loop 18 with anintermediate normally contracted throat portion 19, the wire ends beingbent into sections 20 and 21 in relative alignment and then bentupwardly and terminating in aligned looped extremities 22 and 23 lyingin a plane at right angles to that of the button loop 16, the loopedextremity 22 loosely encompassing the side bars '4: and 9, and thelooped extremity 23 likewise encompassing the side bars 5 and 10 of theframe members, for sliding engagements thereon throughout their lengths,the button loop member 16 being thereby suspended substantially in thegeneral plane of the device, but at the rear of both of the flattenedbars 3 and 11. The lower portions of the pair of side bars 4 and 5 areprovided with undulated surfaces 24.

In use, when the looped extremlties 22 and 23 and the frame members 1and 8 are relatively positioned as illustrated by the Figures 1 and 2,the looped extremities 22 and 23, each having passed down over theportions of un dulated surfaces 24 of the pair of side bars 4 and 5relatively divergent and then convergent with the pair of side bars 9and 10, compel the toothed bars 3 and 11 to not only assume theirrelatively gripping positions, but to be maintained in such grippingpositions by reasons of a portion of each of the looped extremities 22and 23 resting within a depression of the undulated surface 24 andlaterally sliding therein upon each expansion and contraction of thebutton loop member 16. The relative gripping positions of the toothedbars 3 and 11 are released. and the relative pivotal movements of theframe members 1 and 8 are permitted, by manually sliding the loopedextremities 22 and 23 up over the left hand side bars 4 and 9 and theright hand side bars 5 and 10, respectively, as illustrated by theFigure 3, so that, as the frame members 1 and 8 are relatively movedpivotally, the looped extremities 22 and 23 ride into their respectiverearwardly extending bent wire portions 6, as illustrated by the Figures3 and at, and, with the frame members l and 8 in such a relative openposition, a strap (not illustrated) may be placed be tween the bars 3and 11 to be gripped thereby as the button loop member 16 is pulleddownwardly to the position illustrated by the Figures land 2, the teeth7 of both of the bars 3 and 11 tending to penetrate the strap to augmentthe holding propensity of the gripping bars.

The Figures 12 and 13 illustrates a structure of the device identical inevery detail with the preferred form excepting that the third piece ofwire, instead of being bent to form a button loop, is a mere bar 25having the looped extremities 22A and 23A identical in form and functionwith the looped extremities 22 and 23 of the preferred form, the bar 25thus serving in connection with the frame members 1 and 8 a slidingintermediate bar which is already well known to the art in connectionwith slide buckle f ames of rectangular form.

I claim 1. An adjustable strap-mounting comprising wire slide buckleframe members pivotally assembled, each member having side barsconnected by a gripping bar, each side bar of one member having aportion relatively divergent to a portion of the adjacent bar of theother member, and another portion of each side bar of one member beingrelatively convergent to another portion of the adjacent side bar of theother member, and the side bars of one member having rearwardlyextending bent wire portions, and a third member provided with loopedextremities slidably mounted upon the side bars of both frame membersand cooperating with the rearwardly extending bent wire portions.

2. An adjustable strap-mounting comprising wire slide buckle framemembers pivotally assembled, each member having side bars connected by agripping bar, each side bar of one member having a. portion relativelydiverg-ent to a portion of the adjacent side bar of the other member,and another portion of each side bar of one member being relativelyconvergent to another portion of the adja cent side bar of the othermember, and the side bars of one member having rearwardly extending bentwire portions and lower portions having an undulated surface, and athird member provided with looped extremities slidably mounted upon theside bars of both frame members and engageable with,-

undulated surface, the sliding member cooperating with the rearwardlyextending bent wire portions.

3. A loop slide buckle comprising wire slide buckle frame memberspivotally assembled, each member having side bars connected by agripping bar, each side bar of one member having a bent upper portionrear- Wardly extending, a lower portion having an undulated surface, andanintermediate por- 7 tion relatively divergentto an immediate portionof the adjacent sidebar of the other member, and another portion of eachside bar of one member being relatively convergent to another portion ofthe adjacent side bar of the other member, and a third member comprisinga button loop having axially associated loops with an intermediatecontracted throat portion and looped extremities slid ably mounted uponthe side bars of both frame members and engage-able with the undulatedsurfaces, the sliding member cooplated surface, and an intermediateportion relatively divergent to an intermediate portion ofthe adjacentside bar of the other member, and another portion of each side bar ofone member being relatively convergent to another portion of theadjacent side bar of the other member, and a third member provided withlooped extremities: slidably mounted upon the side bars of both framemembers and engageable with the undulated surfaces, the sliding membercooperating with the rearwardly extending portions.

JESSUP SALISBURY.

